That Physics-take-a-coffee-break "Check out my chest and my ass (and, in this case, package) AT THE SAME TIME" pose is a little hard on the spine.

This came out of a recent conversation I was having with some friends: " I often wonder how different the character would be treated if Samus Aran was a dude. I'm just sayin', you don't see "Zero Suit" Master Chief...."

Basically it ended with me being triple-dog-dared to draw Zero Suit Master Chief and since I hadn't drawn anything all week due to my recent bought with con-flu, I thought "You fools know not what you will UNLEASH!!! but I'll freaking DO IT!" XD

Anyway, if one armored video game character has to get down to their skivvies, it's only fair the rest of 'em do it. Down with double standards!

::And wow, looking over the comments. It's funny how people think nothing of seeing women sexualized in this manner, but if it's a dude..HOLY CRAP!!!!::

Not so much that I see it as sexualization as I do a depiction of flexibility and that is something women are far more capable in abundance naturally than men as opposed to strength BUT it's also not impossible for either gender to excel in one though enhancing either would diminish tha prevalence of the other!

The true horror of this pic is that it is coming true, at the end of Halo 4 it shows that Spartans can just remove all of the armoured pieces and still wear the black suit, so at the end of Halo 4 we see Master chiefs "Zero" suit.

I'm really late to this but oh well. I came across it through some research on Sexism in video games (Deviant Art tangents ) I'm not too familiar with Master Chief and I sort of know of Zero Suit Samus- unfortunately I am painfully aware with the sexism that is so conditioned into our heads that lead to the comments of a lot people [it appears to be mostly heterosexual men... though that would be a generalization] to react to the sexualization of the male body with revulsion or ridicule e.g. 'GOUGE OUT MY EYES!' Jeez, dudes need to chill out- I hardly think they would expect women to react the same way to say, Ivy from Soul Calibur...

I am a gay dude [with a feminist outlook], so I can't really say I can empathize- but props to you as a straight guy (?) with the self-awareness and societal awareness to create this image and explain the double standard that is so rife- the pic is actually funny and well drawn too though the package is rather scary :S